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Members of the transgender and 2SLGBTQ+ community celebrated International Transgender Day of Visibility in Tulsa and Oklahoma City with a march and rallies.
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives moved to ban classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity Tuesday with the passage of a bill that uses nearly identical language to Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” Bill.
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Recent pushes from the state legislature to target queer issues in schools and medicine have mobilized 2SLGBTQ+ Oklahomans, and the Transgender Action Choir is lifting their voices to speak up.
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The Center for Queer Prairie studies examines some of the cultural contributions of 2SLGBTQ+ people like Lynn Riggs, who wrote the basis for the musical Oklahoma!, which is now a cultural institution.
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Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill banning drag performances the same afternoon he signed a ban on youth gender-affirming care. Advocates say some are asking whether staying in the state is worth it.
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Bills to ban gender-affirming care for youth under the age of 18 are quickly making their way through the Oklahoma legislature.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses an investigation over misspent COVID-19 education funds and a budget hearing for State Superintendent Ryan Walters before lawmakers.
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Nicole McAfee is the executive director of Freedom Oklahoma, which advocates and organizes for the state’s 2SLGBTQ+ community. They were in Washington, D.C. when the president signed the Respect for Marriage Act earlier this week.
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The bill signing comes after months of work on Capitol Hill and years of changed attitudes — even as the threat looms that the conservative Supreme Court could roll back same-sex marriage rights.
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The case involves a Colorado web designer who says state law prevents her from designing wedding websites because she believes that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.